Combined harvester.



l. T. BRENEMAN.

COMBINED HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.II,\914.

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COMBINED HARVESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1918.

Application filed August 11, 1914. Serial No. 856,234.

To all wiw'm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. BRENEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rust, in the county of Contra Costa and State of California,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Harvesters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in harvesters. One objectof the invention is to provide a harvester which will operate equallywell on the sides of hills as on level ground. A further object is toprovide a harvester which will out off the heads of grain with a minimumjar, noise and friction, and will therefore be extremely efficient anddurable. A further object is to provide means for cutting off said headsand gathering them into the harvester the distance of which from theground can be adjusted and in which the reel can be expanded orcontracted as desired. Further advan tages attendant upon my improvedharvester will appear from the description thereof and will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side View of the harvester;Fig. 2 is a broken front view thereof; Fig. 3'is a broken plan view;Fig. 1 is a vertical section on the line 4% of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is avertical section on the line 55 of'Fig. 6; Fig. 6 is an enlarged planview, showing particularly the carriers; Fig. 7 is an enlargedtransverse vertical section of the reel; Fig. 8 is a vertical section onthe line 8-8 of Fig.7.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the main body of the harvester, inplan View substantiallyrectangular in form, and, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4, supported,

upon rollers 3 on circular vertical tracks 4, supported by frames 6,which are themselves supported upon front wheels 7 and rear wheels 8.This arrangement permits of the harvester maintaining a horizontalposition, notwithstanding any inequality of level of the wheels on itsopposite sides. The front wheels are driven by means of a motor 9 arounda sprocket wheel 10 on the shaft of which is a sprocket chain 11 whichtravels around a sprocket wheel 12 'on a countershaft 13 carrying asprocket wheel 14. around which'is a sprocket chain 16, which alsotravels around a sprocket wheel 17 on the front wheel axle 18.

Upon the front portion Of the frame are secured vertical bars or posts19, to which are pivotally attached, as shown at 21, ends of equalparallel links 22, the other ends of which are pivotally attached, asshown at 23, to vertical angle-irons 24. To the ends of said verticalangle-irons are secured upper and lower equal transverse angle-irons 25,26, (Fig. 5). The ends of these angleirons 25, 26, are connected to theends of vertical side pieces 27. There is thus formed a frame forsupporting a reel frame 30. Secured to said vertical side pieces 27 andto the transverse angle-irons 25 and 26, and closing the opening betweenthem, is a sheet 31 of canvas or other suitable material. 33 indicatesbearings for the hollow shaft 32 of a reel 29, said bearings beingsupported upon end frames 35 extendinglongitudinally forward from thevertical side pieces 27, and said shaft being rotated by a bevel gear 34mounted on one end thereof, and meshing with a bevel pinion 36, upon ashaft 37, carrying a sprocket wheel 38, rotated by means of a sprocketchain 39, (Fig. 2) passing around asprocket wheel 41 on a shaft 42having a bearing in an extension frame 43, and said chain also passingaround a sprocket wheel 44 (Fig. 5) on a shaft 46 slidably connected bya slotted knuckle joint 47 and pin 48 to a shaft 49 carrying a bevelpinion 50 driven by a bevel gear 51 on a shaft 52 carrying a sprocketwheel 53,

around which travels a sprocket chain 54: traveling also around asprocket wheel 56 upon the axle 18. By this means the reel shaftconstantly rotates with the motion of the harvester.

Secured on said shaft at its middle and near its ends are collars 57,from which radially extend bars 58 (Figs. 7, 8) to the outer ends ofwhich bars are pivoted, as shown at 59, arms 61.. To said bars 58 aresecured sides of a square frame 62, to the corners of which are pivoted,as shown at 63, arms 64 which are pivotally connected to the ends oflinks 66, the other ends of which are pivotally connected to the arms61; The arms 61 have rearward slotted extensions 67, and in the slots ofsaid extensions can slide pins 68, secured on the ends of slide bars 69,slidable in guides 71. Said rearward extensions 67 extend at an anglewith the arms 61, so that, when the slide bars 69 are slid outwardly,the effect is to swing all of said arms 61 through an angleproportionate to the extent of movement of the slide bars 69. In Fig. 7the dotted lines indicate the innermost positions of said arms 61. Inthese positions it w ll be observed that the arms 64 have also beenswung in-' wardly, so that their outer ends are at substantially thesame distance from the center of the reel as the outer ends of the arms61, this movement beingellected by reason of the link connection betweenthe arms 61 and G t. To the ends of the arms 61 and (51 are securedlongitudinal rods 71 thus forming the reel 29.

To eilect the sliding movement of said slide bars 69, there areprovided, around the reel shaft 32 and parallel therewith, four straightrods 72, formed integral with a plate 73 for each collar 57, in whichplates are oblique slots 7%, in which are contained pins 76 carried bythe slide bars S9. It will be obvious that, it said plates are moved ina direction parallel with the shaft, the slide bars 69 will be move n adirection extending radially or the sl L t. By mean of this contrivance,therefore, the reel can be extended or contracted. One end of each rod 72 is secured to a grooved collar 77 in which is a roller 78, carried byan end of a lever '79, pivotedat 80, the other end of which lever isattached to a rod 81, which is also attached to a bell crank lever 82,which is also connected to one end of a rod 83, the

other end of which is connected to a hand lever 8% under the control ofthe operator, so that, by operating said hand lever, the reel can becontracted or expanded'as desired.

The stalks of grain standing in the path of the harvester and betweentwo shields are drawn down by means of the reel against a distributer 86(Figs. 3, 5, 6) consisting of guard fingers secured to a transverseframe 87, one edge of each guard finger being straight and at rightangles to said frame, or extending longitudinally of the machine, andthe front portion of the other edge being oblique thereto. These guardfingers thus form uniform pockets to receive the stalks of grain anddistribute said stalks among said pockets. The stalks of grain, havingbeen drawn by the reel into the pockets, are cut oil by a band saw 88,(Figs, 1, 2, 5, 6,) which travels in slots or guides 89 in the guardfingers, being moved by a working pulley 91 on the shaft 42 and thentraveling through the hollow shaft 32 and about idle pulleys 92. Thecutting edges 93 of the teeth of the band saw are corrugated, as shown,and the ends of the slots in the straight faces of the guard fingersfurnish additional cutting edges tor cutting the stalks otgrain. Thesestalks fell upon side drapers and a central draper. 9 1. The centraldraper travels around an idle roller 96, and a working roller 97 on ashatt 98 carrying at one end a bevel gear 99, which meshes with a bevelgear 101 on the shaft 46, said shaft 98 carrying near its ends worms 102which mesh with worm wheels 103 on working shafts 10a which move theside drapers, said side -drapers moving also around idle rollers'lOG.Said central draper moves beneath upper and lower idle wheels 107, 108,and around the idle roller 96 mounted in side pieces 111. to which arese cured frames 112. carrying the upper ends of aprons 113, whichconfine the stalks of grain'so that they fall upon a second draper 114-,moved by a working shaft 116, which is rotated by a belt 117 from apulley 118 on a motor shaft 119. It will be remembered that the mainbody 1 of the harvester retains its horizontal position, notwithstandingvarying inclinations of the surface of the ground over which the wheelsare travel ing, while the posts 19, and the parts supportedthereby,'sucli as the reel frame 30, the drapers 90 and 951, and theside pieces 111 follow in their inclinations the slo e of u e the'round. itnese aarons 113 thereioreq C 7 I thelower ends or which aresecured to the frame of the draper 11 1, are of importance, because theyprevent the heads of grain talling out while being transferred from thedraper 9st suspended from the posts 19 to the draper 11 1 supported onthe main. body 1.

In order to vary the distance "from the ground of the reel and of theband saw, the

reel frame is suspended by bars 121 from the ends of layers 120, pivotedat upon the upper ends of the posts 19, the other ends of said leversbeing securedto the upper ends of coiled springs 124, the lower ends ofwhich are secured to the body 1, and said latter ends being also securedto links 126, which are also secured to rocking arms 127 on a transverseshaft 128, to one end of which is secured a crank arm 129, to which ispivoted one end of a link 131, the other end of which is pivoted to ahand lever 132. By, suitably moving said hand lever the whole frame 29can be moved vertically to vary the distance, as desired, of the reel,band saw, and guide therefor from the ground.

The cut stalks of grain are, by means of the diaper, carried to theharvester to be treated in the usual manner.

l claim 1. In a grain header, a hollow rotary reel shaft, areel securedthereto, and a band saw, movable so that one ortion passes through saidhollow shaft, and another portion is outside of, and below, said reel.

2. in a grain header, a hollow rotary reel shaft, a reel securedthereto, a band saw, and guard fingers provided with guiding meanstherefor, said band saw being movable in one direction through saidhollow shaft and in the other direction. through said 3. In a grainheader, a hollow rotary reel shaft, a reel secured thereto, a band saw,guard fingers below the reel shaft having guiding means for the bandsaw, a driving wheel half-way around which the band saw travels at oneend, and idler wheels at its other end, one portion of the band sawbeing Within said hollow shaft and an opposite portion extending throughsaid guiding means.

4. In a harvester, a reel comprising a shaft, bars secured to andextending radially from' said shaft, a frame secured to said bars, armspivoted to ends of said bars and having angular extensions, meansconnected to said extensions for moving said arms, arms pivoted to saidframe, links connecting said latter a'rms'with the first-named arms, andlongitudinal rods connecting the ends of said arms.

5. In a harvester, a reel comprising a shaft, bars secured to andextending radially from said shaft, a frame secured to said bars, armspivoted to ends of said bars and having angular extensions, slottedplates slidable-paralll with said shaft, guides on said bars, slidepieces slidable in said guides and having pins entering said slots, theouter ends of said slide pieces being pivoted to said extensions, meansconnected to said extensions for moving said arms, arms pivotecl to saidframe, links connecting saidlatter arms with the first-named arms, and

longitudinal rods connecting the ends of said arms.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin the presence of twosubscribing

